ABSTRACT
Pupils with special educational needs have been formally recognised by the educational system since the passing of the 1981 Education Act. The average comprehensive secondary school can expect at any time that around 20 per cent of the pupils in it are experiencing some kind of difculty that might be described as a special educational need. The development of microcomputers since the 1980s has opened up a valuable new approach to teaching pupils with special educational needs and has provided an extra tool for teachers dealing with both administrative burdens. Independence and improved reading and writing skills Independence and freedom to express clearly educational outcomes, whilst other outcomes such as improved phonological awareness are not the ones immediately expected. The chapter examines how Information and Communications Technology can be used rstly as a classroom tool with SEN pupils, secondly as a teaching preparation device for differentiating lesson materials and thirdly as an aid to organisation, particularly for special needs coordinators.
